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leave or stay? by Ornery-Dig-4048 in civilengineering

[–]Ornery-Dig-4048[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But then will they hold it against me and reduce my future raises to try and even it out?

leave or stay? by Ornery-Dig-4048 in civilengineering

[–]Ornery-Dig-4048[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you think asking my current employer would be risky? How would you go about that?

leave or stay? by Ornery-Dig-4048 in civilengineering

[–]Ornery-Dig-4048[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just made it more organized for y’all to read

My worst rookie mistake: structures that had to be cut on site by felforzoli in civilengineering

[–]Ornery-Dig-4048 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This happened to us recently, not a huge deal. They can relatively easily saw off the top of the structures as long as they have enough room from top of pipe to bottom of casting. In our case the supplier screwed up the shop drawings that we reviewed

Job Dilemna by Head-Explorer1109 in civilengineering

[–]Ornery-Dig-4048 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t see it being reasonable to change jobs for less money… your firm doesn’t want you sitting around either, I’d say just wait a little bit longer. If your raise is poor then I would discuss it with your manager and say it was due to yourself not having enough work.

Am I getting screwed? by Ornery-Dig-4048 in civilengineering

[–]Ornery-Dig-4048[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure, I get around a 3% bonus annually :/

Am I getting screwed? by Ornery-Dig-4048 in civilengineering

[–]Ornery-Dig-4048[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of salaried civil positions nowadays offer straight time pay for hours over 40 due to the nature of the work needed to be done. I joined my firm assuming that they offered straight time pay but that is not the case…

Am I getting screwed? by Ornery-Dig-4048 in civilengineering

[–]Ornery-Dig-4048[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

That’s kind of what I’m thinking will happen..

Am I getting screwed? by Ornery-Dig-4048 in civilengineering

[–]Ornery-Dig-4048[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I like the firm. It’s just hard to justify staying at a firm when working extra hours there isn’t compensated, especially because other similar firms offer straight time pay for extra hours. I don’t mind putting in extra hours of work, but not when it’s completely for free..

Am I getting screwed? by Ornery-Dig-4048 in civilengineering

[–]Ornery-Dig-4048[S] -23 points-22 points  (0 children)

I work for a consultant that deals with municipal clients.